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The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the UNU concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Moreover, the views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the UNU, nor does citing of trade names, companies, schemes or commercial processes constitute endorsement.
The data and statistics contained in this publication are based on international recognised statistical guidelines and on official data sources, as well as in information gathered from CECED members.
Data processing has been carried out by UNU-VIE SCYCLE based on the Commission implementing Regulation 2017/699 establishing a common methodology for the calculation of the weight of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) placed on the national market in each Member State and a common methodology for the calculation of the quantity of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) generated by weight in each Member State1.
Datasets used for calculations are derived from Eurostat2, Energy using Products (EuP) preparatory studies for Ecodesign Directive3, WEEE Directive article 7 report (implementing measure above), Countering WEEE Illegal Trade (CWIT) project4 and Prospecting Secondary raw materials in the Urban mine and Mining wastes (PROSUM) project5.
In the report all these calculations are referred as: UNU-VIE SCYCLE calculations.
1 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32017R0699 2 http://ec.europa/eurostat/
3 www.eup-network.de/product-groups/preparatory-studies/completed
4 www.cwitproject.eu
5 www.prosumproject.eu
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